Electrocardiographic manifestations and differential diagnosis of acute pericarditis

American Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 699-704

  Marinella, Mark A ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANAMNESIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECUMBENCY; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDITIS;

EID: 0032519831     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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